Look up switchback in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Switchback may refer to: A hairpin turn on a road A horseshoe curve A zigzagging pedestrian or...
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The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, and one of the earliest designed for amusement...
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video game, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, was released by Supermassive Games for the PlayStation VR2 on 16 March 2023. The series is planned to consist...
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Magnetic switchbacks are sudden reversals in the magnetic field of the solar wind. They can also be described as traveling disturbances in the solar wind...
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The Switchback was a railway line in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, constructed by the Caledonian Railway (CR). Connecting the lines at Rutherglen...
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The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR is a rail shooter video game developed and published by Supermassive Games for the PlayStation VR2. It was released on...
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Switchback is a 1997 American crime thriller film written and directed by Jeb Stuart in his directorial debut. It stars Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared...
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Hakone Tozan Line (section Deyama Switchback)
to the difficult topography, the line has three switchbacks used to ascend particularly steep sections. The section of the line between Hakone-Yumoto and...
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Switchback Peak is an 8,321-foot (2,536-metre) mountain summit located in the Methow Mountains, a subset of the North Cascades in Washington state. It...
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Switchback was a Canadian television show for children and teenagers, created by Nijole Kuzmickas which aired on CBC Television in the 1980s. An interactive...
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A railway zig zag or switchback is a railway operation in which a train is required to switch its direction of travel in order to continue its journey...
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"Switchback" is a song by the American electronic rock project Celldweller, released in 2003 on the self-titled debut album. Like other Celldweller tracks...
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A Switchback Railway is an 1898 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring patrons riding on a switchback...
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The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, also known as the Mauch Chunk and Summit Railroad and occasionally shortened to Mauch Chunk Railway, was a coal-hauling...
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Switchback is an American music duo consisting of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack. They play a mix of bluegrass, Americana, and traditional Celtic...
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ZDT's Amusement Park (redirect from Switchback (roller coaster))
year-round with the exception of its water rides which only operate from March through September. The park opened its first roller coaster, Switchback, in 2015...
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June 14, 2014, the Colorado Springs City Council approved an agreement that gave the Switchbacks a ten-year lease on the site with the right to sell naming...
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Klahhane Ridge (redirect from Switchback Trail)
Ridge is located just to the south of Port Angeles, Washington, USA near Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park. The ridge is accessible by a variety...
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Switchback School, also known as Union Hurst School, is a historic Rosenwald school located near Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia. It was built in 1924–1925...
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Shinonoi Line (section Haneo switchback)
137°56′54″E / 36.263133°N 137.948305°E / 36.263133; 137.948305 A switchback is located in Azumino, known as Haneo shingōjō (羽尾信号場) Coordinates: 36°29′08″N...
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Side friction roller coaster (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
developed his own patent called the Switchback Railway. The first installation opened as the Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway at Coney Island in 1884...
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Gravity railroad (section Switchback gravity railroad)
tourist ride after it was withdrawn from freight service hauling coal. The term "switchback gravity railroad" is sometimes applied to gravity railroads that...
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Clearing the area north of Antwerp and securing access to the South Beveland peninsula. Operation Switchback, clearing the Breskens Pocket north of the Leopold...
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Devyn sang back up vocals on the album. After releasing Life Goes On Puett was cast as Ben in Switchback in 1997. Switchback was Puett's last acting role...
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LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained one of the first known patents for a roller coaster design in 1885, based on the Switchback Railway which opened a year earlier...
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The Lehigh Switchback Rail-Trail is a rail trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The trail surface is natural, consisting of dirt, roots, rocks, and occasional...
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immerse guests into the Golden Kingdom. Following this final series of switchbacks, guests would approach the station, where the line would divide in...
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intermediate trail called "Switchback", and an advanced trail called "Northern Lights". There is also a terrain park. The trails are served by four lifts:...
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